| Milliner | n. [ From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A person who designs, makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. [ 1913 Webster ]
Man milliner, a man who makes or deals in millinery, that occupation having been at one time predominantly performed by women; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
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| Millinery | n. 1. The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The business of work of a milliner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
